Shot-splitting machine



E. c. CARTER SHOT SPLITTING MACHINE Filed August 24, 1925 2 Sheets-SheetZ a ariz' INVENTOR July 27,1926. x 1,594,242

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Application filed. August 24, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for splitting buckshot for the manufacture of split shot sinkers, an object being toprovide a machine in which the shot will be automatically fed to asplitting blade and discharged from the machine into a suitablereceptacle or container.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a shot splittingmachine which simple and econoniical in construction, easily operatedand which will split a large number of shot in a relatively short time.

With the above and other objects in view the invention further includesthe following novel features and details of construc tion, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shot split tingmachine constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the same.

Figures 3 and i are end views with the splitting blade in differentpositions.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates thebase of the machine from which rise spaced standards 11, the latterbeing preferably of inverted U-shape as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of thedrawin 's. Secured in the upper ends of these standards is a spacingsleeve 12 which also provides a bearing for a shaft 13, the said shaftcarrying at one end an eccentric 14L and at its opposite end a fly wheelThe wheel may be provided. with an operating handle 16 whereby the shaftmay be rotated, or the shaft may be rotated by suitable source of power.For the latter purpose, the shaft has mounted thereon a grooved pulley17.

Operating in spaced guides 18 carried by one of the standards 11 is aslide 19 from the lower end of which extends a splitting blade 20. Apitman 21 has one of its ends pivotally secured to the upper end of theslide 19 as shown at 22 and its opposite end pivotally secured to theeccentric 14 as Sl]()"l1 at 23, so that rotation of the shaft 13 willreciprocate the splitting blade 20.

The blade 20 is designed to act upon a shot 24 which is located within apocket or seat 25 provided immediately below the blade 20 and to splitthis shot in the manner illus- Serial No. 52,179.

trated in Figure 2 of the drawings. The pocket or seat is formedcentrally of a bar which extends across the lower end of the standard 11and this bar is provided with an upwardly extending lip or lug 2?, thepurpose of which will be later explained. Shot are fed singly into thepocket 25 through a feed chute 28 at the upper end of which there islocated a hopper 29. The shot feeds by ravity into the pocket 25 and isprevented from rolling beyond the pocket by the lip or lug 2'? as willbe clearly seen from Figure 2 of the drawings.

In the operation of the machine, the blade 20 in its downward movementwill cut into the shot, reverse movement of the blade lifting the shotfrom the pocket due to friction between the blade and shot. In order toremove the shot from the blade there is provided a spring arm 30 whoseinner end is secured to the frame by the bolt or fastening devices 31utilized to attach one end of the bar 26 and one end of the standard 11to the base 10. The outer free end of the resilient arm 30 is notched asat 32 to permit of the passage of the blade 20 so that the bifurcatedend of the arm 30 is arranged in the path of upward movement of the shotso that the latter will be wiped from the blade. An arm 38 which extendsfrom the standard 11 acts to limit upward movement of the resilient arm.The shot moving upward with the blade 20 will engage the outer end ofthe arm 30 and the latter will move upward a slightdistance with theshot until the arm 30 engages the arm 33, whereupon, the shot will bewiped from the splitting blade and will be deflected into a trough 34provided in the base 10, from which it may roll into a bag or othersuitable receptacle.

As the blade 20 is removable secured to the slide 19 as indicated at-35, this blade may be replaced when desired.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. A shot splittingmachine comprising a frame, a pocliet designed to singly receive theshot to be split means to feed the shot to the pocket, a splitting bladepositioned to act upon the shot within the pocket, means to actuate theblade to split the shot and lift the latter from the pocket, a resilientarm having its outer end located in the path of movement of the splitshot and means engageable with the resilient arm to limit movement ofsaid arm in one direction to wipe the shot from the blade.

2. A shot splitting machine comprising a frame, a shot feeding chutemounted thereon, a bar extending transi' ersely across the discharge endof the chute and provided with a pocket to singly receive the shot fromthe chute, a stop extending from one edge of the bar adjacent the pocketin the path of the shot and remote from the discharge end of the chute,a splitting blade operable to split the shot and lift the latter abovethe stop and means located in the path of upward movement of the splitshot to remove the latter from the blade.

8. A shot splitting machine comprising a base, spaced standards risingfrom the base, a horizontally disposed shaft mounted for rotation insaid standards, a vertically movable splitting blade mounted for slidingmovement upon one of the standards, a bar extending horizontally acrossthe base at the lower end of one of the standards, a pocket included inthe bar beneath the plate, means to feed the shot singly to the pocketto be acted upon by the blade, a stop carried by the bar adjacentthepocltet, means connecting the shaft and blade to reciprocate thelatter and split the shotand lift said shot from the pocket and means toremove the shot from the blade.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EZRA C. CARTER.

